TEMPLE, Texas (AP) — Police say a lockdown at a Central Texas
high school has ended after a student shot himself with a handgun on campus.

Temple police Cpl. Christopher Wilcox says no one else was
injured Tuesday and no other students at Temple High School endangered when the
boy, believed to be 15 years old, shot himself. The shooting occurred outside
near the school athletic complex. The boy was listed in critical condition at a
hospital.

Wilcox says students were in class when the first emergency call
was made about 8:30 a.m.

Temple High was placed on a “soft” lockdown, which means students
can move from class to class, but cannot leave the building as exits are locked.
The lockdown lasted about two hours.